Patents by Inventor Salvatore Brauer
Salvatore Brauer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230408404Abstract: An imaging system connected to an occupant monitoring system includes communications with an apparatus for measuring gas or airborne compound concentrations in a vehicle cabin. The apparatus includes a housing configured as a flow tube in fluid communication with ambient air in the vehicle cabin. A spectrometer is mounted within the housing and subject to ambient air flow through the housing, and the spectrometer is connected to a light source and receives reflected light from the air flow to detect by spectrum analysis the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds. The spectrometer identifies spectral changes in the light and reflected light within the ambient air flow. The spectrometer communicates with computerized vehicle control systems, and runs software stored to calculate the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds from the spectral changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Salvatore Brauer, Leonard Cech, Emil W. Ciurczak
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Publication number: 20230373435Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Leonard Cech, Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu, Josh Ramaglia, Salvatore Brauer, Babak Bakhtiar
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Publication number: 20230210416Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, assemblies and methods of a sensor system that applies a correction factor to spectra information based on a force associated with a touch from a person applying the touch to the sensor system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Salvatore BRAUER, Leonard CECH
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Patent number: 11692933Abstract: An imaging system connected to an occupant monitoring system includes communications with an apparatus for measuring gas or airborne compound concentrations in a vehicle cabin. The apparatus includes a housing configured as a flow tube in fluid communication with ambient air in the vehicle cabin. A spectrometer is mounted within the housing and subject to ambient air flow through the housing, and the spectrometer is connected to a light source and receives reflected light from the air flow to detect by spectrum analysis the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds. The spectrometer identifies spectral changes in the light and reflected light within the ambient air flow. The spectrometer communicates with computerized vehicle control systems, and runs software stored to calculate the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds from the spectral changes.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLCInventors: Salvatore Brauer, Leonard Cech, Emil W. Ciurczak
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Patent number: 11654862Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLCInventors: Leonard Cech, Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu, Josh Ramaglia, Salvatore Brauer, Babak Bakhtiar
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Publication number: 20220316745Abstract: Various implementations include a device for monitoring gas that includes a sensor, a first conduit, a second conduit, a first valve, and a second valve. The sensor includes an inlet and outlet port and is configured to monitor a feature of the gas flowing through an HVAC unit. The first conduit includes a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The second end of the first conduit is in fluid communication with the inlet port of the sensor. The second conduit includes a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The first end of the second conduit is in fluid communication with the outlet port of the sensor. The first valve is upstream from and in fluid communication with the inlet port, and the second valve is downstream from and in fluid communication with the outlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventor: Salvatore Brauer
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Publication number: 20220097491Abstract: A system for controlling air quality in a vehicle cabin includes at least one mechanical filtering device receiving unfiltered air and collecting particulate matter from the unfiltered air. Air flow downstream from the mechanical filtering device is a first filtered air flow. At least one ultraviolet (UV) light source is positioned within the vehicle between the at least one mechanical filtering device and the vehicle cabin, wherein the UV light source directs UV light into the first filtered air flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventor: Salvatore Brauer
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Publication number: 20210310939Abstract: An imaging system connected to an occupant monitoring system includes communications with an apparatus for measuring gas or airborne compound concentrations in a vehicle cabin. The apparatus includes a housing configured as a flow tube in fluid communication with ambient air in the vehicle cabin. A spectrometer is mounted within the housing and subject to ambient air flow through the housing, and the spectrometer is connected to a light source and receives reflected light from the air flow to detect by spectrum analysis the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds. The spectrometer identifies spectral changes in the light and reflected light within the ambient air flow. The spectrometer communicates with computerized vehicle control systems, and runs software stored to calculate the concentration of target gases and/or airborne compounds from the spectral changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Salvatore Brauer, Leonard Cech, Emil W. Ciurczak
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Publication number: 20210291780Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Leonard Cech, Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu, Josh Ramaglia, Salvatore Brauer, Babak Bakhtiar
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Patent number: 10940828Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Acquisition LLCInventors: Leonard Cech, Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu, Josh Ramaglia, Salvatore Brauer, Babak Bakhtiar
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Publication number: 20200298796Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Leonard Cech, Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu, Josh Ramaglia, Salvatore Brauer, Babak Bakhtiar
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Patent number: 10611335Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Joyson Safety Acquisition LLCInventors: Leonard Cech, Chakravarthi Mallikarjun Nagolu, Josh Ramaglia, Salvatore Brauer, Babak Bakhtiar
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Publication number: 20180326944Abstract: In one embodiment, a system of detecting seat belt operation in a vehicle includes at least one light source configured to emit a predetermined wavelength of light onto structures within the vehicle, wherein at least one of the structures is a passenger seat belt assembly having a pattern that reflects the predetermined wavelength at a preferred luminance. At least one 3-D time of flight camera is positioned in the vehicle to receive reflected light from the structures in the vehicle and provide images of the structures that distinguish the preferred luminance of the pattern from other structures in the vehicle. A computer processor connected to computer memory and the camera includes computer readable instructions causing the processor to reconstruct 3-D information in regard to respective images of the structures and calculate a depth measurement of the distance of the reflective pattern on the passenger seat belt assembly from the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Leonard Cech, Mallik Nagolu, Josh Ramaglia, Salvatore Brauer, Babak Bakhtiar